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What is a kilovolt?

What is a kilovolt? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. One thousand ( 103 ) volts. Symbol: kV or KV.
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Today, there are over 245 circuit kilometres of 115 and 230 kilovolt underground cable in operation.
The proposed international power line would be an approximately 48-kilometre, 150 kilovolt high-voltage direct current merchant power line system, rated at 574 megawatts.
Wyoming has none of the 500 kilovolt lines that loop through the Pacific Northwest south into California, then east into Arizona.
For smaller projects, it is therefore essential to be reasonably close to a 10-30 kilovolt power line if the costs of extending the electrical grid are not to be prohibitively high.
The more copper and iron in the alternator, the less heat is generated, and more kilovolt amperes are capable of being produced.
The bad weather caused extensive damage to a critical utility pole carrying two 66 kilovolt lines and other sub-transmission lines transferring power to areas in the east.

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